Red-hot Van der Merwe blitzes to Randpark lead

Golf RSA | Red hot Van Der Merwe blitzes to Randpark lead

21 February 2022 – Altin van der Merwe got off to a flying start in this year’s edition of the South African Stroke Play Championship, firing a flawless nine-under-par 63 opening round on the Firethorn Course at Randpark. The 24-year-old Humewood golfer hit the front in the late afternoon, edging early leader Christiaan Maas for…

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Jarvis conquers Leopard Creek for African Amateur double

Golf RSA | Jarvis conquers Leopard Creek for African Amateur double

17 February 2022 – Casey Jarvis continued his record-setting habit when he became the first back-to-back winner of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship with a four-stroke win over fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Yurav Premlall on Thursday. However, unlike the forceful style with which he reeled in the SA Amateur and SA Stroke Play…

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Team South Africa triumphs in African Amateur

Golf RSA | Team South Africa triumphs in African Amateur

16 February 2022 – Casey Jarvis, Jordan Duminy and new caps Christiaan Maas and Christiaan Burke celebrated an emphatic victory on seven under par in the Team Competition at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek on Wednesday. The Team Competition is played concurrently with the first three rounds of the stroke play…

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De Beer, Legentil and Smit crowned SA champs

Golf RSA | De Beer, Legentil and Smit crowned SA champs

12 February 2022 – Qheberha’s Kyle de Beer survived a late fightback from Scotland’s Rory Franssen, surprise package Marine Legentil continued her giant-slaying ways and Liezl Smit edged her daughter Anika for the Flight title as GolfRSA celebrated three new South African Amateur champions at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. Men’s Final De Beer,…

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GolfRSA National Women’s Squad for 2022 unveiled

Golf RSA | Golf RSA National Women's Squad for 2022

21 January 2022 – GolfRSA has named the GolfRSA Women’s National Squad for 2022, with 10 new faces joining the group of South Africa’s most promising open amateur and junior golfers. “We are excited to welcome the 10 new members that have earned the opportunity to benefit from the GolfRSA National Squad system,” said Womens…

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Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Samantha Whateley

Golf RSA | Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Samantha Whateley

13 January 2022 – Samantha Whateley trended towards a third provincial win throughout 2021 and the moment finally arrived when she defended her KZNLGA Nomads Junior Girls Championship title in December. Not only did her staggering 12-shot victory in the season-ending event at Umhlali Country Club cap a brilliant season for the GolfRSA National Squad…

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Premlall prevails to lift the Freddie Tait Cup

Golf RSA | Premlall prevails to lift the Freddie Tait Cup

6 December 2021 – Yurav Premlall dreamt of winning the Freddie Tait Cup long before he made South African Open Championship history, and on Sunday 5 December at Sun City, the GolfRSA National Squad member achieved his goal. In 2018, the Glendower amateur made international headlines when – at the age of 15 years and…

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Top-ranked amateur Vorster joins pro ranks

Golf RSA | Top-ranked amateur Vorster joins pro ranks

17 November 17 – South Africa’s top-ranked amateur Martin Vorster has turned professional and will play his first tournament in the paid ranks when he tees it up in the Joburg Open at Randpark Golf Club on Thursday November 25. Vorster, the reigning South African Stroke Play champion, is currently ranked 40th in the World…

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Vorster takes aim at US Amateur

Golf RSA | Vorster takes aim at US Amateur

5 August 2021 – Reigning South African Stroke Play Champion Martin Vorster is the lone South African challenger in this year’s US Amateur Championship, being played at the iconic Oakmont Country Club from 9 – 15 August. Based on his position within the top 50 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Vorster received an automatic…

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Wire-to-wire win for dominant Burke at Modderfontein

Golf RSA | Wire to wire win for dominant Burke at Modderfontein

4 August 2021 – Christiaan Burke took his second title in as many weeks on the Big Easy IGT Challenge Tour when he claimed the Chase to the Sunshine Tour #30 at Modderfontein Golf Club on Wednesday by four strokes with a 54-hole total of 10-under-par. The North West amateur, who led from start to…

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GolfRSA celebrates three Momentum gsport Awards finalists in 2021

Golf RSA | GolfRSA celebrates three Momentum gsport Awards finalists in 2021

3 August 2021 – South Africa’s No 1-ranked Caitlyn Macnab, media manager Lali Stander and the federation itself made it a hat trick of finalists for GolfRSA in the 16th Momentum gsport Awards. The Momentum gSport Awards is Africa’s longest running women’s sport recognition awards and is endorsed by the Department of Sport, Arts and…

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GolfRSA’s Burke blossoms in 2021

Golf RSA | GolfRSA’s Burke blossoms in 2021

5 July 2021 – GolfRSA National Squad member Christiaan Burke created quite the international stir on social media when his scorecard from a medal competition at Potchefstroom Country Club last Sunday went viral. The 20-year-old had eagled one par-4 and three par-5s and fired eight birdies to cruise to victory with a blemish-free 16-under-par 56.…

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GolfRSA’s Rebula heads to US Forme Tour

Golf RSA | GolfRSA's Rebula heads to US Forme Tour

17 June 2021 – Look out for GolfRSA National Squad member Jovan Rebula making his pro debut on the new PGA Tour’s Forme Tour this June. At the completion of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship Stroke Play competition at the end of May, 15 collegiate golfers punched their tickets to professional golf…

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Higgo headlines next wave of international talent

Golf RSA | Higgo headlines next wave of international talent

Trevor Immelman instantly noticed the maturity and calm attitude. In his role as International captain in the Junior Presidents Cup of 2017, the former Masters winner had a youngster by the name of Garrick Higgo in his squad, a fellow South African, who stood out from his teammates away from the golf course more so…

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Nienaber is a glimpse into golf’s future

Golf RSA | Nienaber is a glimpse into golf's future

Well before thunder and lightning rolled through the Lowcountry and suspended play for a bit late in Friday’s second round of the Palmetto Championship at Congaree, Wilco Nienaber was delivering his own violent turbulence. The 21-year-old GolfRSA National Squad graduate has turned plenty of heads this week in his PGA Tour debut with eye-shocking power.…

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Higgo romps to 3rd European Tour title in Canary Islands

Golf RSA | Higgo romps to 3rd European Tour title in Canary Islands

9 May 2021 – Garrick Higgo continued to write his own chapter in the European Tour history books as he powered to a second win in three weeks at the 2021 Canary Islands Championship. At the beginning of 2019, Higgo was still a relatively unknown rookie in professional golf, but five months into 2021, he…

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Nienaber nails first pro win in Dimension Data Pro-Am

Golf RSA | Nienaber nails first pro win in Dimension Data Pro-Am

9 May 2021 – Wilco Nienaber made it a hat-trick of victories for South Africa in three consecutive weeks on the European Challenge Tour when he won the Dimension Data Pro-Am in a playoff at Fancourt on Sunday. After finishing tied for the lead with Swede Henric Sturehed on 19 under par on the Montagu…

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Irrepressible Maas stays on a winning course

Golf RSA | Irrepressible Maas stays on a winning course

14 April 2021 – GolfRSA No 1 Christiaan Maas rekindled his remarkable love affair with ERPM Golf Club to push his title haul since competitive golf resumed in September last year to 11 with a one-shot victory in the North Final of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series this past weekend. The reigning South African Amateur…

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Manchest gets redemption with Soweto victory

Golf RSA | Manchest gets redemption with Soweto victory

SOWETO, April 8 – Former GolfRSA National Squad member Franklin Manchest described his four-stroke victory in the Big Easy IGT Tour Chase To #22 at Soweto Country Club on Friday as redemption for the pain he suffered the last time he teed it up around this track. It was early in March last year –…

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GolfRSA 2021 National squads announced

Golf RSA | GolfRSA 2021 National squads announced

8 April 2021 – Four new faces have joined the men’s and women’s National Squads as GolfRSA continues to identify rising talent and assist with the development of the country’s top amateur golfers. Royal Cape pair Isabella van Rooyen (18) and Zara le Keur (16) have earned their call ups in the women’s system, joining…

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